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When climate change dried up their livelihoods — literally — a group of women backed by the World Food Programme turned a traditional craft into a business
(WFP)* — “It is a beautiful river — it used to be very large, it had fish, but now the water’s gone down so much,” says Elba. Years of recurring droughts and an erratic climate have taken their toll on the Torola, which courses through the department of Morazán, in eastern El Salvador.
8 March 2021 (UN News)* — In Nigeria, where nearly three out of 10 Nigerian women have experienced physical violence by age 15, human rights lawyer Rashidat Mohammed fights for the rights of women, children and other vulnerable groups.
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By Marlene Auer, Associate, Europe and Central Asia Division | Human Rights Watch*
Migrants Face Human Rights Abuses at EU Borders; Impunity Persists
Dawn was breaking when Akram and around 20 others dragged themselves up the banks of the Glina river, their bodies bruised from beatings by Croatian police officers. Some of them were barefoot and so badly injured they could barely walk.
Akram was back where he had started – Bosnia and Herzegovina – after being pushed back unlawfully from the borders of three European Union countries.
Image from Greenpeace International.
Our natural earth is dying. It is on the brink of collapse.
Just 15% of the world’s forests remain intact, and only 3% of the world’s oceans are free from human pressures.
Mainly due to human pressures, the planet is losing species – its biodiversity – at an alarming rate, thought to be comparable only to the 5th mass extinction 65 million years ago.
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Dear Greta,
I am an engineer, not a biologist. Yet, I realize wildlife and biodiversity are the Earth’s greatest treasures and need to be protected. In previous letters, I discussed large-scale 5G networks’ energy consumption and climate impacts. I proposed more sustainable alternatives to 5G public networks. Today, I will report how 5G threatens ecosystems and biodiversity.
In 2020, the world’s attention turned to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even as we poured all of energy and resources into tackling it, many pointed to wider issues as contributing factors. Nature and biodiversity loss. Climate change. Pollution and waste. The three planetary crises. All of which are destroying the natural world and threatening our future.
International Women’s Day this year comes at a difficult time for the world and for gender equality, but at a perfect moment to fight for transformative action and to salute women and young people for their relentless drive for gender equality and human rights. Our focus is on women’s leadership and on ramping up representation in all the areas where decisions are made – currently mainly by men – about the issues that affect women’s lives. The universal and catastrophic lack of representation of women’s interests has gone on too long. [Also available in: ar | es | fr | ru | zh]
International Women’s Day
5 March 2021 (ILO)* — An original song and music video for International Women’s Day, created by JONA OAK for the ILO and featuring a collective of artists and musicians from around the world.
Empowering women and girls is crucial to ensure sustainable food security in the aftermath of COVID-19
ROME, 6 March 2021 (FAO)* – Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with increased decision-making power, say the heads of the three United Nations’ food agencies ahead of their joint International Women’s Day event on 8 March.
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